Half Full by Maria Scrivan for December 01, 2020

Exactly right.

Lordy, not with THAT ugly sweater…

That’s what libraries are for. There are three things I never let people use or borrow: books, my sewing machine, my truck. Those were my mothers’ rules when I was child and I’ve kept them as mine in my 70 yrs.

Ive lost a few books that way

Ive worked very hard hunting down a nice collection of science fiction, fantasy, and historical fiction over several decades

A lot of out of print stuff, my book collection may be worth more than my car

I would love to lend them out, but at this point I may require a deposit

I think I’ve lent only one book in my life, and yeah, I never got it back. Fortunately, I rarely reread, so I give a lot away.

That goes for record album and CDs too.

i don’t know about no. 2

If it’s really good wine you don’t need to regift anything, the wine is a good (and expensive) gift in itself.

’Tis better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same.